The Game
What do you get for the man who has everything...?
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game.In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
- Director
- David Fincher
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $109M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Movie DNA
How The Game actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Game appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #33
Placed at #33 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Game returned 2.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $50M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $109M
- Release date
- Sep 12, 1997
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Cantonese, German
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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